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10. LYCOPUS. Stamens only 2 with anthers; the upper pair sterile rudiments or else 

 wanting. Calyx campanulate, 4-5-toothed, naked in the throat.' Upper lobe of corolla 

 entire. Nutlets 3-sided, truncate at top, narrow at base, thickened-margined. 



* # * Corolla more or less evidently bilabiate ; the upper lip erect, entire or emarginate, 

 or in Monardella 2-cleft ; the lower spreading and 3-clef t, destitute of bearded ring within, 

 except in Poliomintha. Calyx striate-nerved or costate, not much changed after 

 flowering. 



+- Stamens distant and straight, often divergent, never convergent nor curved. 

 ++ Antheriferous stamens only 2 ; with or without abortive rudiments of the upper pair. 

 ll.CUNILA. Calyx ovate-tubular, equally 5-tqothed, very villous in the throat, 10-13- 

 nerved.' Upper lip of corolla emarginate ; the lower somewhat equally 3-cleft. Stamens 

 long-exserted. Nutlets smooth. 



++ ++ Antheriferous stamens 4, didynamous : calyx 15-nerved. 



1 2. HYSSOPUS. Calyx tubular, equally 5-toothed, naked in the throat. Tube of corolla 

 short : upper lip emarginate ; the lower 3-cleft, its middle lobe larger and 2-cleft. Stamens 

 exserted, divergent : anther-cells linear, divaricate. 



++++++ Antheriferous stamens 4, didynamous : calyx 10-13-(in Monardella. 15-)nerved, 



= Naked in the throat : flowers capitate-verticillastrate, or sometimes sparser. 



1 3. PYCNANTHEMUM. Calyx ovate-oblong or tubular ; the 5 teeth equal, or the 3 

 upper more or less united. Corolla short, with entire or barely emarginate upper lip, and 

 3-cleft lower one; the lobes all short, ovate, obtuse. Stamens little unequal: anther-cells 

 parallel. 



14. MONARDELLA. Calyx tubular, narrow ; the 5 teeth equal or nearly so. Corolla 

 glabrous within ; the 2-cleft upper lip and lobes of the 3-parted lower one all linear or 

 narrowly oblong, plane. Stamens strongly or moderately unequal, exserted : anther- 

 cells often divergent or divaricate. Flowers densely capitate-verticillastrate in the man- 

 ner of Alonarda. 



= = Calyx villous or hirsute-bearded in the throat : corolla short. 



15. ORIGANUM. Calyx ovate-catnpanulate, in our (introduced) species equally 5-toothed. 

 Stamens exserted. Flowers spicate- or capitate-verticillastrate, imbricated with broad 

 colored bracts. 



16. THYMUS. Calyx ovate, declined in fruit, villous in the throat, distinctly bilabiate ; 

 upper lip 3-toothed, spreading ; lower 2-cleft, its divisions subulate and ciliate. Flowers 

 scattered or crowded, the bracts inconspicuous. 



-5— -i— Stamens ascending (at least the lower part) or arcuate, often more or less con- 

 verging and sometimes ascending parallel under the erect upper lip of the corolla : con- 

 nective of the anther commonly more or less thickened, sometimes separating the 

 oblique or divaricate cells. 



++ Calyx only about 10-nerved, naked in the throat, not declined nor gibbous : fertile 

 stamens 4. 



17. SATUREIA. Calyx campanulate or short. Tube of the corolla short, or not ex- 

 ceeding the bracts. 



++ ++ Calyx 12-15-nerved : upper lip of the corolla plane or slightly concave and straight, 

 as in the tribe generally. 



= Style beardless : anthers muticous. 

 «. Stamens 4, all antheriferous. 



18. MICROMERIA. Calyx oblong or tubular, terete, not gibbous nor declined, about 

 equally 5-toothed. Corolla short, its straight tube usually shorter or hardly longer than 

 the calyx. Stamens arcuate, shorter than the corolla. 



1 9. CALAMINTHA. Calyx oblong or tubular, often gibbous, bilabiate ; the upper lip 

 3-toothed or 3-cleft, the lower 2-parted. Corolla with a straight tube mostly exceeding 

 the calyx, and a commonly enlarging throat. Stamens ascending parallel under or 

 beyond the upper lip, or conniving in pairs. 



20. MELISSA. Calyx oblong-campanulate, bilabiate as in the preceding, but the broad 

 upper lip becoming flatter. Corolla rather short ; its tube at base declined, then ascend- 

 ing, included in the calyx. Otherwise like Calaminlha. Leaves ovate, serrate, veiny. 



21. CONRADINA. Calyx, &c, of Calamintha. Corolla with a narrow and straight tube 

 rather shorter than the calyx, abruptly bent backwards at the throat, deeply bilabiate, 

 ringent ; the upper lip somewhat concave and incurved, emarginate or retuse ; the lower 

 dependent, contracted at the base, deeply 3-lobed ; the lateral lobes roundish, the dilated 



